Sesshomaru lifted an unconscious Kagome out of the heated water with ease and grabbed a towel to cover her nude form from any prying eyes. He then took her with demonic speed to his room and softly placed her upon the bed that could easily fit six to seven adults comfortably. As he looks at her, he couldn't help the longing he felt, even in his demonic state she touch him in a way no other could.
"She will make a wonderful mate even if it is somewhat reluctantly on her part."
Sesshomaru's beast thought as he pondered on their soon to be mate, Even so, he was not the only one with an opinion concerning the lovely young maiden that now graced their rather large bed.
"Beast I demand you return to your rightful place within me at once."
"I'm afraid I can not do that master, you will not do what is necessary so I will do it for us."
"You would force her. She will never forgive us for that, return at once before you do something that I can not fix."
"We need her, she completes us I can't let you ruin this with your waiting."
"We must be patient; we must regain her trust first."
"We have waited for years I want her now."
"If you take her now she will never forgive us, we can take her body now that is true but in doing so we will never have her heart, we would never truly have her, do you really want her to hate us?"
"No, I want her to love us; I want her to want us as we do her."
"Well we can never accomplish that goal this way, now return and I promise she will be ours, if you don't she will be lost to us forever."
"Yes master but there is only so long I am willing to wait, she will be ours and if not in in mind we can make her want us in body."
"I understand now return"
As Sesshomaru gained back control of his body, Kagome awoke in his bed only to find that she was completely nude with the exception of a single blue towel covering her personals.
"Oh My God I'm naked and this isn't my room and …your, stay away from me…please."
At hearing the desperation in her voice, Sesshomaru suddenly felt the guilt of taking her from her bath and leaving her in nothing but a towel upon his bed, granted it was not actually he who did any of those things he felt the guilt just the same.
"Here cover with my shirt I will turn while you dress."
Kagome not quite sure how she got here but even more confused at Sesshomaru's attitude change, the man was like DR. Jeckal and MR. Hide; he seemed like a completely different person now. As Kagome began dressing she noted the colors of the room and the very large size and figured it must be Sesshomaru's for only he could want to be in such a dark place, his room seemed to define his personality, the blues for loneliness and all the other dark colors for his stone cold persona as well as his deadly promise to anyone who dare cross him.
"Ok you can look now"
As Sesshomaru turned to look at her he found himself not at just a loss of words but a loss of breath as well. She looked so innocent yet so seductive at the same time. His shirt was four times to big for her and even so to him it looked perfect, it looked right for her to wear his clothing and he had to remind himself that she still didn't understand what she did to him and he could smell her fear like a thick fog permeating around his room and inside it was killing him quietly.
"I'm in your room aren't I?"
Sesshomaru looked from her waist to her face only to quickly avert his gaze to the floor as he answered.
"Yes you are…I apologize for my actions against your person and any amount of humiliation it or I might have caused you."
As he said this he looked at Kagome directly in the eyes and noticed her scent change from fear to confusion to nervousness back to fear.
"I don't know how to take or respond to that Sesshomaru. What's gotten in to you …I don't know you anymore and I fear you will be lost to me forever."
Sesshomaru could only imagine how she must feel at that very moment. To have been stolen from the only home she knew by the childhood friend who was wiped forcefully from her memory only to find it was that same "friend" who was her captor and refused to release her from a demonic world she knew nothing about and almost raped in a span of a month.
"I can not say anything to calm your fears Kagome…but know this, I will never hurt you …I would rather die first before seeing anything happen to you either physically or emotionally. I know you are frightened of me and I can understand why, I also know that there is nothing I can say or do to regain your trust at this point in time but I am asking for a chance…for your heart and if you will not be mine then let me be yours take half of me even just a small part of me but take me. I am what I am Kagome and I can never change that nor would I want to."
Kagome for just the slightest moment thought that she could possibly have her childhood friend back before remembering that this Sesshomaru would not settle for just her friendship alone, unlike her childhood friend he was greedy and it almost made her cry to think that their friendship was no more and that her Sesshomaru was long gone never to comfort or hold her again.
"I know what you are Sesshomaru, what I want to know is who you are because it's certainly not my Sesshomaru and for that reason I don't how to act around you , how am I to react to seeing the same face as my Sesshomaru but knowing you are the one who trapped me in the first place, that you are cold to everyone but me and even then only in private. I am just so confused and very pissed off so unless you really meant what you just said you can just save all your lies for someone who will believe them."
As soon as the words left her mouth she stormed out of the room and in to the hallway, she then felt the sting of the unshed tears hidden beneath her eyelids and rushed to her room only to brake down on her bed and cry herself to sleep.
Sesshomaru could smell the salt from her tears as she ran out of his room into the hallway and knew he was the cause, soon he could hear her quiet sobs from her room and felt himself wanting to go and comfort her but knowing that he was the last person she wanted to see much less let hold her in any kind of way. Her sobs soon quieted to a small whimper and then stopped completely.
"How do I protect you Kagome… when it is I who has hurt you in such a way?"
Sesshomaru didn't get much sleep that night and found himself thinking of ways to regain her trust without frightening her or seeming to pushy.
"I could send her a gift, yes a kimono, specially made to fit her every curve. Woman like cloths and jewelry at least Sayuri does, I'll just get a couple things so she doesn't think I'm trying to buy her off, yes this will work."
After finding the perfect material for his beloveds kimonos he went to the trading posts to find the best of their jewels for the necklace he was going to commission to match the kimono he had just had made for her.
"No these are not cut well enough and those are to dull. You do not have any gem worthy enough for my time nor money I will simply have to find something for her on my own."
"If I may be so bold as to ask exactly who the gems are for my lord."
"No you may not; it is of no concern to you."
With that said Sesshomaru left both frustrated and irritated. He wanted to have the perfect items for Kagome; after all she only deserved the best of what he could offer her. His gifts were not a sign of bribery but of dependence he wanted her to know that she could both depend and be very well cared for by him, even if she didn't wish to have either he wanted her to know that he could provide for her and that he would not let her wanting nor needing anything for there was no amount he was not willing to spend if only to make and keep her happy, if only it were that simple.
"Sesshomaru, what are you doing here, at a trading post no less, you hate being around the lesser class demons… are those for Kagome?"
Sayuri said as she just bored of the ship she was previously on. She took notice of the kimonos rather quickly and could only assume that they for her newly found friend. As Sesshomaru looked at her he began to form a plan, one in witch his dear sister would assist him in capturing the heart of Kagome.
"Yes they are and you need not concern yourself with my personal affairs."
"You always have a stick up you rear end god it was only a simple question, anyway it doesn't matter she won't take them it's not in her nature."
At hearing Sayuri's words he questioned her on why Kagome would not accept his gifts and how she was so sure that fact.
"Sesshomaru she's not a demon."
"Explain"
"Well she is a human, she doesn't want your gifts or money she is a pure soul nothing you can buy her will satisfy her desire."
"It is to show that I can provide for her it is not meant as a bribe… what do you think she desires, for there is nothing that I can not buy in order to fulfill them."
Sayuri looked at him questionably at that statement and continued on telling him the difference of a demon and a human's, a pure human's desire.
"Sesshomaru there is something you can not buy her and that's love. No matter how much money you have you can never buy love and as a human, a female human with a pure soul she desires love, she is a romantic do you not understand that?"
Sesshomaru thought about this for a few moments before responding.
"So how do I get her to love me, if my money and title will not suffice what can I do to make her understand and accept my intentions towards her?"
"Just be yourself, show her you the real you not some stupid façade you put on, show her yourself raw and truthfully you I mean it was that man that she grew to trust and love as her friend, if you do the same now she can relate to you on a human level. As I said before she is not a demon Sesshomaru. Well I have to go and spar with father so listened to what I told you ok."
"Sayuri… why are you helping me, you were the one trying to send her home so why help me when you know I wish for her to remain here with me?"
Sayuri turned to look t her older brother with hopeful eyes and answered him as honest as she could.
"I suppose I thought that if she has to remain here the least I could was to try and make it as pleasant as possible for her, even if that means teaching you how to love her as a man not just a demon."
"I… appreciate it."
As Sesshomaru watched his little sister walk off he gained a new respect for her not just her status as his sister or her title but as a very wise woman. She knew a lot for her years and all of her words ran through his mind as he grabbed the boxes of the ground witch contained the kimonos he had just purchased and called his angelic cloud witch would take him to his home and to his Kagome.
